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Bedsa Cave 7: Mithuna Couples

貝德薩石窟密特那像

印度馬哈拉施特拉邦浦那

位於貝德薩石窟(Bedsa Caves)支提窟(caitya)門廊列柱及壁柱,為柱頭裝飾。密特那(Mithuna)以成對之男女形象呈現,體態勻稱自然,跨騎於蹲踞的象、馬、牛或獅背,由疊澀四層方板承托。方板下雕菴摩羅果,外有矩形框架,底部飾一圈細小聯珠紋,下接蓮苞形底座。
 密特那騎乘造像為印度石窟常見的柱頭裝飾,除該窟外,卡爾拉石窟(Karla Caves)第8窟、納西克石窟(Nasik Caves)第3窟、坎赫里石窟(Kanheri Caves)第3窟等亦可見同類雕刻。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, page 129.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Bedsa Cave 7: Mithuna Couples." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, vol. 5, 2016, pp. 129.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Bedsa Cave 7: Mithuna Couples" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, 5:129.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Bedsa Cave 7: Mithuna Couples. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E (Vol. 5, pp. 129).
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booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E},
pages = 129,
title = {{Bedsa Cave 7: Mithuna Couples}},
volume = 5,
year = {2016}}


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